I always think it strange to be called "The said person comes in" when entering the sites

Heya! Good morning~! Here's Hikaru, who's been taping a bunch of TV shows. You'll see them go on the air in a row starting tonight.
This time the taping has come late from the release date as a promotion for the single, which is rare, but I'm sorta enjoying it. I sang trying to be seen differently in each show with more spirit of challenge than usual, so they're all y, you chekku ya(a must see)! (meant to refer to SLAM DUNK)

Do you like baseball? I don't very much. (Hey.) Volleyball, figure skating(I luv Slutskaya) and tennis are all that I watch on TV. But in these days I often see bright images of baseball! Lotte's championship in 31 years . . . I was moved to tears a bit by Mr. Valentine's saying "Kono team ha ichiban de~su(this team is the number one)!!!". In America the White Sox won the World Series in 88(!) years. Great that people still remember the last time. (lol)

However, I saw a little gloomy news this morning. It's that Matsuzaka Daisuke san is negotiating with Seibu about his challenging the Major League, which hasn't been granted so far. That's what's called "due to the team's situations." I understand that his leaving could have a negative impact on the team management, still, that was the news that made me depressed a little - or more like mortified - first thing in the morning.

You might have a view with this strong image that athletes, musicians or actors have more freedom than those people working with the business-suit on, and free from the office shackles or age/gender discrimination. Actually it seems any kind of work has the same kind of problems. Not many musicians are getting along with their record company as well. There are some situations where we have to do what we don't want to, for the company management and whatnot. There are also needs for things like juggling artists. Like, for example, the younger artists often find it hard to make it big when the big-shot ones are in the same genre. Sounds office worker-ish a little, doesn't it? What has put Matsuzaka san in the current situation that I learned from the news and what makes many musicians stressed out - it all comes down to the contract, I'd say.

Work and life are never without frustrating situations, guys.

You want try your strength but you're not allowed to that: I think that's the last picture this society should produce. It may sound boastful, but I believe that to try our own wings is the reason for existence of life. It's a challenge both to protect something and destroy it. Those who give it away get old. Kids often get injured because they're always trying their wings, growing every day~.

I think human beings, all living things, know how to take adversity! Even the people who say "No I'm not, I get depressed easily" have grown up against gravity, fought oxidation and aging, seen schools and society; everyone has tough times and almost dies some times in their life.
The reason why the more peaceful a country is, the more depressed people and suicides it has, might be because they don't have much chances to have easy-to-understand hard times. So Nature needs adversity, yes, and living things are defined by adversity, I dare say!

Gasp, the topic started off with Matsuzaka san and then branched far off in the unexpected direction. Er, I'm sorry (:sweat:) > to whom it may concern

(Such a bearish closing for such a bullish remark . . . (lol))


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(NOTES by Nuuk)
"you chekku ya" ... literally means "gotta check out," which is a trademark phrase of Aida Hikoichi, a Slam Dunk character.
"Lotte"/"Mr. Valentine" ... Mr. Bobby Valentine is the manager of the Chiba Lotte Marines, a Japanese professional baseball team.
"Seibu" ... the Seibu Lions, a Japanese professional baseball team.